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(Beijing): 作家出版社 Zuojia Chubanshe. 1956. 3 volumes. 640pp; 452pp; 647pp Volumes uniformly bound in attractive modern dark blue cloth with original wrappers bound in with the exception of the lower wrapper of volume I. All volumes titled on spine in silver Chinese characters. Foxed and browned throughout. This trilogy is a widely celebrated Ming dynasty vernacular story collection which was first published in 1624. .

Asukaen.. Black and white and colour photographic illustrations, [15pp], paperback. Text in Japanese. .

Yakushiji.: 主婦の友社.. 1976.. Colour illustrations, 22pp, wrappers light wear, a good thin copy. .

Kofu.: Onkodo Printing Co.,. circa1930s.. Colour pictorial map, 70.2 x 56 cms; 75.5 x 59.5 cms (sheet), light wear along the inner margin, some soft creases from folding, short split at center fold; in very good, clean condition. An appealing and decorative map of Yamanashi Prefecture, which, while a process print, has the attractive soft look of a lithograph, adorned with vignettes of key attractions, landmarks such as Mt. Fuji, and industry such as silk and wine. The legend lists Railways, 'Footing' Roads, Hot Springs, Hotels, and National Parks. A scarce and attractive English language map for the tourist market. .

No place of publication.: No details of publisher.. (circa2006).. Beautifully illustrated with reproductions of paintings by the Chinese artist 阎秀英 [Yan Xiuying]. 145 plates in colour with captions, paperback copy, very good. Text in Chinese, 28.5 x 20.5cm. This painting album showcases the artist's landscape, birds and flowers and figure paintings. .

香港.[Hong Kong].: 安徽大学学报编辑部.[Anhui da xue xue bao bian ji bu].. 1982.. 338pp, paperback, spine lightly browned. Good copy. Issue no. 4 of the Oceanic Literature Series edited by the Oceanic Literature Research Institute of Anhui University. From the library of Professor Pierre Ryckmans (Simon Leys) 李克曼. .

[北京]. (Beijing).: 人民体育出版社.[Ren min ti yue chu ban she].. 1st Edition, 1st Printing.. 1976.. Coloured Chinese propaganda poster sets the scene at a Chinese rural village. It features three primary school aged girls are racing on a dirt road while more children wait behind to race. A man in blue jumper blows a whistle with the other two adults standing in front of the flying red flags. Some very slight closed tears lower margin, otherwise in excellent condition. Text in Chinese left and lower margin, and also on the metal water container and on the wall in the background. Poster measures 53.1 x 76.8cm. Text on left margin reads "Young eagles on Mount Yan". Here, making an analogy between the children and young eagles. Text on the water container partially show the name of the primary school as "[?] Hong Ling Primary School." Text on the wall upper section reads "learn from Dazhai in Agriculture". .

[上海].[Shanghai].: 上海書畫社.[Shanghai shu hua she].. 1st Edition, 2nd Printing.. 1976.. Chinese coloured propaganda poster, featuring the landscape of Yan'an revolutionary base. Image shows mountains, a pagoda, a pavillion, Yaodong (house caves) and the industrial district with many smoking chimneys in the valley. Chops upper and lower margin, Chinese calligraphy showing the title and the artist upper margin. Excellent copy, text in Chinese lower margin, poster measures 77 x 52.8cm. Poster reproduces an image painted by the famous Chinese painter Qian Yansong (1899-1985) during 1960s from the watercolour painting series of "Ode to Yan'an". .

Shanghai.: Commercial Press Ltd.. First Edition.. 1923.. Coloured frontispiece and two coloured plates all with tissue-guards, two black and white illustrations. Original dustjacket with coloured illustration laid down as published, a few small closed tears to the wrappers, prior owner's chop front free endpaper, else a near fine copy, exceptionally clean and bright. Xviii + 102pp, appendix. 23 x 15cm. "The material for the present volume is gathered from the standard Chinese works as well as data obtained from the "Biography of Li Po" and from a poem by Po Chui entitled , 'The Everlasting Wrong'." From the preface. .

New York.: Collier.. 1936.. 366pp, endpapers little browned, covers trifle shelf worn, a good hardback copy. .

Mercury Press.. 1931.. 19 photographic illustrations - one folding, prelims and last leaves feature some interesting advertisements reflecting the interests of the day, [xvi] +150pp and adverts, first and last leaves and edges browned, owner's name to half-title binding trifle worn primarily at corners and head and tail of spine, internally sound. 24 x 16.5cm. Still a good copy of a scarce title. Articles concerning navigation and trade on the Upper Yangtze reprinted from the Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury. [Shanghai]. 1931. .

Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley.. 1988.. Maps, plans, black and white illustrations, xii + 211pp, index, covers a little worn on corners, good paperback copy. "Here is a book that makes clear the complex, brings a civilization to life, and paints a vivid portrait of a people and its culture. Written by a distinguished scholar in a wonderfully readable style, Yangtze: Nature, History and the River sheds new light on the long history of China." Publisher's description. .

Hong Kong.: Oxford University Press.. 1997.. Maps on endpapers, black and white sketch maps, black and white photographic illustrations, bibliography, xxiv + 294pp, upper corner little bumped, very good paperback copy. "Bathed in superstition and folklore, the Yangtze has been an inspiration for more than a thousand years to those who have lived there and sailed along it. This new collection of writing, spanning thirteen centuries, offers a literary history of China's longest, most varied waterway, and includes classical Chinese poetry, Victorian memoirs and contemporary travel writing." (Publisher's description). .

London.: Virago.. Reprint.. 1985.. Introduction by Pat Barr. Folding map, black and white photographic illustrations, xxii + 547pp, index, paperback, neat chop title page, lower edge slightly marked, light wear covers. Very good copy. First published by John Murray in 1899. .

[Guizhou].: No details of publisher.. (circa1984).. Black and white photographic plates, 206pp, 4 leaves of sheet music in number notation at rear, light wear and soiling on covers, clean and sound internal, paperback. Text in Chinese. 18.3 x 13cm. .

[China].: 國民政府軍事委員會政治訓練部. [Guo min zheng fu jun shi wei yuan hui zheng zhi xun lian bu].. [1926].. Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) propaganda poster in printed in blue, folded. Issued by the Political Training Department of the Military Affairs Commission, a head portrait of Sun Yat-sen is featured at the top of the poster. Creasing, some minor tears along margins have been neatly repaired with archival tape. A little light staining at margins. Text in traditional Chinese. Sheet measures 78.6 x 27.3cm. The text reads "In order to eliminate the evil and corrupt force and speculators within the party, we must rectify the party affairs." Chiang Kai-shek, 谭延闿 [Tan Yankai] and 7 other KMT party leaders presented "Resolutions on the Rectification of Party Affairs" to the 2nd KMT National Congress in May 1926 with the aim of purging communists and pro-communist left wing members from the KMT.… Read More

Tokyo.: 国晃館. [Kokkōkan].. Meiji 44 [1911]. Black and white photographic illustrations with tissue guards, black and white line illustration, 4 + 4 + 1 + 95pp, 22 x 15cm, attractive decorative wrappers with ribbon ties. Some foxing first leaves, very good copy. The author of this book on the basic principles and history of the Yasukuni Shrine, Kamo Momoki (1867-1941), was the head priest of Shrine between 1909 and 1938. The text covers a wide range of topics on the shrine, including origin of commemorative ceremonies, shrine gods, ceremonial calendar, shrine buildings, and involvement of the Royal family. .

Poona.: The Yeravda Prison Press.. 1922.. 53pp, an ex-library copy with stamps, annotations and due date slip, minor wear wrappers. Department of Agriculture, Bombay. Bulletin No.110 of 1922 .

Poona.: The Yeravda Prison Press.. 1925.. 45pp, an ex-library copy with the usual stamps and annotations, minor even browning internal pages, edges browned, vertical crease throughout from folding in half, 5cm tear with little loss at head of spine, wrapped little worn and chipped in one place. Department of Agriculture, Bombay. Bulletin No. 119 of 1924. .

Bombay.: Government Central Press.. 1924.. Black and white photographic illustrations, 37pp + 11 plates, an ex-library copy with the usual stamps and annotations, edges browned, first few pages and upper cover little bent over, wrappers patchily faded and chipped on spine with little loss. Department of Agriculture, Bombay. Bulletin No. 113 of 1923. .